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County will give 'Old Joe' confederate statue to museum (FL)
By April Warren
Staff writer
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10:58 p.m.
After taking voluminous public comment on the matter, the County Commission voted late Tuesday night to give the county's controversial confederate soldier statue to the Matheson History Museum.
The motion, made by Commissioner Robert Hutchinson, also called for the Matheson to display the monument in its public outside space; use private funding to move, install and maintain it; and the move would only occur after the county engineer approves the tools and techniques planned to move it ...
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20150922/ARTICLES/150929920